Abby Kennedy pauses before saying her next line during the Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts? rehearsal for ?Belle?s Enchanted Christmas.?

Written by

Carmen McNew
Special to The News-Star

The Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts will present "Belle's Enchanted Christmas," a play based on characters from the hit Disney movie, "Beauty and the Beast" at 6 p.m. Thursday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

The play is written and directed by Kimberly Parillo of Dance As One Performing Arts and features the talents of SYAA's youngest performers.

"Belle" is the culmination of the Academy's once-a-week performance classes for ages 6 to 10. The after-school program was developed to cater to young children and to busy students who would like to learn acting and performance skills but do not have the time to ...